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I have two OS in my PC one is Linux & other is Windows. Windows is in C drive & my primary OS, i prefer to use most than. I was using Linux for my practicals purpose & now its over. Linux flavor installed is Fedora 17, thats the latest …

I have never before used linux and am starting college as a cs major and would like to learn. I have no clue where to start. Should I use it as a virtual desktop or dedicate a cheap laptop to it? Which version? Best applications to learn? Any and all …

bash: bld: line 11: syntax error: unexpected end of file I'M gettting the above when I source the attached script file. Can someone please let me know what I've got wrong here? Thanks The script file was build from the commands here > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter06/gmp.html

What do i do to repair ubuntu when it crashs?

Hello! how can i view the source code of my distro? i mean, do we need that if we were to create a new system call? btw, i'm using centos 5.6 thank you in advance

My network card doesn't have any UNIX drivers, but it does have windows drivers, so I'm trying to install ndiswrapper. It seems like the default installation of Ubuntu server doesn't have python installed, so I can't dpkg niswrapper in. Is there any resource to help me learn how to hunt …

I'M trying to downlaod CentOS, but I keep getting this http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/centos/ page. I don't know what I'M need to do here, how do I use this?

Hi there)) Guys - I have this error = [QUOTE]umount is not in the fstab (and you are not root)[/QUOTE] on local PC during trying to unmount fuse-based filesystem - please tell me - how tp unmount system/ My mount point is tmp folder so - when i try = …

I have a toshiba portege M400 will I have to continue using Windows XP or Windows 7 to get the full tablet functionality or is there a linux OS that is just as good or better? E.g. a Version of Ubantu, Mint or one of the more popular ones?

I'M getting the following error while trying to make the program handbrake in in my Mint Linux. Build is configured! You may now cd into ./build and run make (/usr/bin/make). garrett@mint-desktop ~/Downloads/HandBrake-0.9.8 $ cd build garrett@mint-desktop ~/Downloads/HandBrake-0.9.8/build $ make /bin/mkdir -p libhb /usr/bin/m4 -Iproject ../libhb/project.h.m4 > libhb/project.h /bin/cp ../libhb/common.h libhb/common.h …

I need help creating a rule to do the following: Forward my ftp traffic to my virtual machine I have eth0 as the main IP, and virb0 as a bridge to the vm at a private ip. Any idea how to forward ftp traffic to my servers address to the …

I am putting together a wish list for a new computer. I would like it to be dual-boot: Windows 7 and Linux (probably Ubuntu because I am not proficient with Linux). Any advice, tips, or suggestions for factors I should take into consideration when selecting a new computer? Does type …

Hi I want to have a server without any control panel(as they will install apache and other modules).I have install php and nginx successfully.However how to add my domain dns zone via ssh Also by default nginx document root is `/usr/share/nginx/html/` . I have no problem with that as i …

I'M trying to write a shell script using && so that each line will only execute if the preceding line executed without any problems. How would I do that with the following cat:? cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF" # Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files group: files shadow: files hosts: files dns …

For a while now I've been wishing I could replace iTunes with something on Linux and reduce my need for Windows. It would be nice if Apple would just release iTunes for Linux but I'M pretty sure that's not going to happen. The thing is, nothing handles an iPod as …

Is it possible to create your own email? I.e. host your own email, perhaps '@67.201.13.165'? I know you can build email servers. But is it possible to feature your own email "account"? Thanks!

Hi, I am newbie. Please tell me Which Linux Desktop is better? i heared KDE, Gnome....etc Regards, Simon France

/root/bin/go-lfs I need to add teh above to PATH. If I simply write "export PATH="$PATH:~/bin/go-lfs" will it cause a problem? I'M assuming that this would remove enerything already in PATH and that might cause problems for the duration of my shell. If so, how could I added it without overwritting …

Hi Guys I am having a very serious problem here and i don't know who to fix this.Before my site was running on apache and everything was perfect.However to make server more efficient i decided to install nginx as a backend. What is the problem? All files downloaded from my …

I run the following commands to execute a flex program flex myname.lex gcc lex.yy.c -lfl ./a.out But then the terminal doesnt display any output. Nor it returns to the main prompt.The program doesnt have any errors. Thanks in advance..

Hey guys. (not sure if I'm posting in the right part of the forum but didn't know where to do it) I have a windows operationg system runing VMware Workstation and on it I have a Ubuntu virtual instance. Is there a way to to install that virtual instance as …

Hello! So I just installed Ubuntu Server 12.04 on my machine. I have the web server and SSH server working, you can acces both from the internet. However, every time I attempt to run update or upgrade commands from SSH, it fails to do so, resulting in a similar error …

If you cannot ping any websites and cannot get updartes or upgrades, you might have a nameserver issue. GI just installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu Server 12.04 and this has been an issue since I installed it. I did not know what to do, but I check the /etc/resolv.conf …

I want to learn device driver developement.Can anybody help me..

I've attached my output error and my script is below, also the link the the directions. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/perl.html Here's my script: ( patch -Np1 -i ../../../perl-5.14.2-libc-1.patch 2>&2 | tee patch-perl.log && exit $PIPESTATUS ) && sh Configure -des -Dprefix=/tools && cp -v perl cpan/podlators/pod2man /tools/bin && mkdir -pv /tools/lib/perl5/5.14.2 && cp …

I just go a new solid state 240 gig hd. There is currently a 500 gig dual boot W7/mintLinux HD in the computer now. I want to re-install W7 & ML on my new SSHD but leave the other for storage, it already has a lot of files on it …

Hi all I want to change the swappiness of my linux server.Its running nginx as front alongside with cpanel Based from tutorials i added `vm.swappiness=90`(to change default value from 60 to 90) in sysctl.conf and i reboot the server However when after reboot is done i did `cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness`and the …

Hi everyone, i would warmly appreciate any help from this forum as it has really thought me a lot. I've set ubuntu as the default OS in a dual boot using easyBCD with time set to 0sec. however i can no longer boot into windows since it's bootloader is configured …

Hello, this is driving me crazy, i have a downloading website written in php to download from remote servers using curl but the thing is the httpd connections are not terminated they are still in sleeping mod which is killing my server resources, here is the top output > top …

I'M building a Linux from Scratch system(www.linuxfromscratch.org) and I've run into a little confusion. An easy way to download all of the packages and patches is by using wget-list as an input to wget. For example: wget -i wget-list -P $LFS/sources Additionally, starting with LFS-7.0, there is a separate file, …

I am a C.S. student who is eager to learn EVERYTHING, thing is I have no clue how to use/what is linux. Where should I start or how should I approach a topic/subject which is so broad and are their any educational materials or such??

lfs@debian:/mnt/lfs/sources$ tar xjvf binutils-2.22.tar.bz2 tar (child): bzip2: Cannot exec: No such file or directory tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now tar: Child returned status 2 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now lfs@debian:/mnt/lfs/sources$ the file binutils-2.22.tar.bz2 is in this folder, why am I getting this?

Has anyone done the linux from scrath project (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/)? If so, I created the directory /mnt/lfs/source just as the LFS book instructed me to do and now after turning the computer off and back on, the sources directory is gone. This is the second time this has happened. Any ideas?

lfs@debian:~$ scp output garrett@192.168.1.10:/home/garrett ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.10 port 22: Connection refused lost connection lfs@debian:~$ Why is the above not working? I am wasily able to ssh from on computer to the other, why will scp not work here? output is just a simple text file.

Some time ago I briefly looked into installing Ubuntu 11.10 (or above) on my dell xps17. I remember there were quite a few issues (sorry can't remember which ones, it was long time ago) and I was wondering if anybody could let me know if I can install it without …

I m facing problem in Red hat Linux 6 .when i use command :-ifconfig ip_address netmask then use cmd:-service network restart .It stops eth0 but doesnot start eth0 Although i hav used cmd:-setup to configure ip_address and stop the Network Manager by cmd:- service NetworkManager restart cmd:-ifup eth0 is also …

I have some scripts on my server which I use to maintain it. Some deal with NginX, others with backups, some with user creations, etc. I've written all of these with bash, and it has been working perfectly. But these scripts have become really big and it become really hard …

Portmap failure & portmap: unrecognized service while entering the command service portmap start

Having trouble dual booting Windows and BSD? I was! I highly recommend using EasyBCD to add in an entry to the windows boot loader. I couldn't get the Windows bootloader to recognize bsd, but using this I could! I am not affiliated with the company, but it has done me …

Hey all, Im without a doubt a still a rookie programmer, and my hardware knowledge could be a bit more expansive. But im going to be building a new computer in a few months. Looking to spent around 1500 on the machine and I rather not make 2000 by buying …

Guys I feel really stupid asking this but I can not downlaod debian. Everytime I try I get on of these (http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.5/amd64/bt-dvd/) pages and I have no idea what to do with it.

hello i am having problems installing my zte broadband in ubuntu 12.04 or even fedora 17. can anybody help out.

I just don't understand! It is starting to become an annoyance, it makes daniweb more of a forum entirely devoted to Linux. I'm tired of seeing `#!/xxx/xxx/xxx` at the start of every program. On windows, you just type out a program. Run it. Done. The operating system does not intefere …

My computer has USB keyboard and mouse. After using the Windows installer to install Ubuntu on my system and rebooting, the duel-boot menu popped up where I can select either Windosw 7 or Ubuntu. The problem is that my keyboard doesn't work at that point because it is USB, so …

Please i want to know if in a dual-boot system, having installed grub and MBR on different partitions,I would have the chance to select which bootloader should be the default at any point in time. In other words,can i set grub to have a higher priority than MBR in such …

how to delete all files in .recycle folder in linux suse using putty? i tries using " rm -rf .local/share/Trash/* " *but it doesn't work. hoping for any response.* another question..is the .recycle folder in linux server eats up some space in the partition in the server?? tnx..

I have Ubuntu 11.10 installed but recently i can't paste ANYTHING outside my root folder being it on an external drive or a different partition. The 'paste' option actually becomes greyed out. I warmly appreciate any help please.

I am very new to dedicated servers and just found out that it is good to have a mirror even if you have a backup drive as mirror is completely different from backup... is it 100% recommended to have a RAID on the server or can one do without it?

i wanna ask how to read from a file and give a summery of letter count (separate small than capital letters),number of line ,number of paragraphs,number of quoted sentenses ? i know the number of lines by (wc -l) but the others i woundered about !! hope somebody teach me …

I just download backtrack linux 5 R2 and wrote it to a disk. When I restarted the computer with the disk in the drive the backtrack menu did not have an install option. It had a lot of options but installation wasnt one of them. I noticed that the Desktop …